Ecclesiastes 3:21

New American Bible - revised edition

Who knows if the life breath of mortals goes upward and the life breath of beasts goes earthward?

Cross References

Job 14:10

But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him; when a mortal expires, where then is he?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this apostolic ministry from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.”

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:8

Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:13

The Lord will make you the head not the tail, the top not the bottom, if you obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I am giving you today, observing them carefully,

Philippians 1:23

I am caught between the two. I long to depart this life and be with Christ, [for] that is far better.